Obituary: Corine Fells Sistrunk

Funeral services will be held Saturday, May 11, at Richardson Memorial Funeral Home, 301 S. College St., Stuttgart, at 11 a.m.

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Stuttgart Daily Leader - Stuttgart, AR

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Posted May. 10, 2013 at 10:51 AM
Updated May 10, 2013 at 10:58 AM

Posted May 10, 2013 at 10:51 AM
Updated May 10, 2013 at 10:58 AM

ST. JOSEPH, Mich.

Corine Fells Sistrunk, affectionately known as Jackie, was born on Sept. 19, 1943 to Catherine Harris and Paul Fells in Wabbaseka. She attended Wabbaseka High School where she was a Drum Majorette before relocating to Milwaukee, Wis. in the early 1960s.

In Milwaukee, Jackie worked as a nurse’s aid before she met and married Otis Sistrunk. She continued her work caring for sick people until she relocated her family to Benton Harbor, Mich., in 1978. Here, she was employed in the cafeteria at Whirlpool.

She enjoyed playing bingo, doing crossword puzzles and fussing at her mischievous sons. Jackie loved to cook southern food and make her specialties, homemade peach cobbler and banana pudding, for her family to enjoy. Everyday, you could find her at the kitchen table smoking a cigarette and hollering out the back door at her boys and their friends. Her favorite song was "Lord, Don’t Move My Mountain."

Jackie was the neighborhood mom whose love for people allowed her to take many of them into her home. She also loved to spoil and care for her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Her caring spirit touched the lives of many people in the community. Jackie also instilled this sense of concern for others in her children.

Jackie departed this life on Thursday, April 25, 2013 in St. Joseph, Mich. She was preceded in death by her parents; sister, Ossie Mae Taylor; brother, William Fells, Sr.; and daughter, Claudette Fells. She leaves to cherish her loving memory, three sons, Dennis Fells and twins, Jeffery and Gerald Sistrunk, all of Benton Harbor; her grandchildren, Tiffany Winston, Jennifer Callahan, Kistra Fells, Deonta Phillips, Dontrell Fells, Azzaria Sistrunk and Tiffany South, along with great-grandchildren, Cameron, Kennaire, twins Jalen and Juwanna Callahan and Jaylyn Stancil will all miss their "Granny." She also leaves to mourn three half-sisters, Gertrude Grey, Allene Avery and Sarah Lee Fells; sister-in-law, Katherlene Fells; and a host of other loving nieces, nephews, cousins and dear friends.

Funeral services will be held Saturday, May 11, at Richardson Memorial Funeral Home, 301 S. College St., Stuttgart, at 11 a.m. Professional services entrusted to and provided by Richardson Memorial Funeral Home, 301 S. College St., (870) 672-8901. www.richardsonmemorialfuneralhome.com and Facebook.

Corine "Jackie" Fells Sistrunk will be laid in her final resting place at the Lone Tree Cemetery in Stuttgart, alongside her mother, father and siblings on May 11, 2013.